walked through afghanistan or iraq. the first reports are not showing that russian troops are successfully going through ukraine as probably putin planned, but it doesn't mean, you know, that he will be capable to undermine ukrainian military forces because of russian enormous military power. >> jeremy bash, let's tap into your experience at the defense department, at the cia just on what we've seen over the last few hours from russia. as i said earlier, russian intelligence predicted this. they warned this for the last several weeks, that vladimir putin was ready to go in, that it was imminent. many were called alarmist at the time. now this event has begun. what is your assessment based on what you know, based on the intelligence you have seen, based on people you have talked to about the early hours and what may be coming next? >> well, for about two months, willie, the u.s. intelligence community has been showcasing